Re: [PATCH 0/4] make POSIX timers optional with some Kconfig help

2016-10-20 Thread Josh Triplett
On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 07:42:49PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > Many embedded systems don't need the full POSIX timer support. > Configuring them out provides a nice kernel image size reduction. > > When POSIX timers are configured out, the PTP clock subsystem should be > left out as well.

Re: [PATCH 0/4] make POSIX timers optional with some Kconfig help

2016-10-20 Thread Josh Triplett
On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 07:42:49PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > Many embedded systems don't need the full POSIX timer support. > Configuring them out provides a nice kernel image size reduction. > > When POSIX timers are configured out, the PTP clock subsystem should be > left out as well.

Re: [PATCH 0/4] make POSIX timers optional with some Kconfig help

2016-10-20 Thread Nicolas Pitre
On Thu, 20 Oct 2016, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > On Wed, 19 Oct 2016, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > > Therefore this series also includes kconfig changes to implement a new > > keyword to express some reverse dependencies like "select" does, named > > "imply", and still allowing for the target config

Re: [PATCH 0/4] make POSIX timers optional with some Kconfig help

2016-10-20 Thread Nicolas Pitre
On Thu, 20 Oct 2016, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > On Wed, 19 Oct 2016, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > > Therefore this series also includes kconfig changes to implement a new > > keyword to express some reverse dependencies like "select" does, named > > "imply", and still allowing for the target config

Re: [PATCH 0/4] make POSIX timers optional with some Kconfig help

2016-10-20 Thread Thomas Gleixner
On Wed, 19 Oct 2016, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > Therefore this series also includes kconfig changes to implement a new > keyword to express some reverse dependencies like "select" does, named > "imply", and still allowing for the target config symbol to be disabled > if the user or a direct dependency

Re: [PATCH 0/4] make POSIX timers optional with some Kconfig help

2016-10-20 Thread Thomas Gleixner
On Wed, 19 Oct 2016, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > Therefore this series also includes kconfig changes to implement a new > keyword to express some reverse dependencies like "select" does, named > "imply", and still allowing for the target config symbol to be disabled > if the user or a direct dependency

[PATCH 0/4] make POSIX timers optional with some Kconfig help

2016-10-19 Thread Nicolas Pitre
Many embedded systems don't need the full POSIX timer support. Configuring them out provides a nice kernel image size reduction. When POSIX timers are configured out, the PTP clock subsystem should be left out as well. However a bunch of ethernet drivers currently *select* the later in their

[PATCH 0/4] make POSIX timers optional with some Kconfig help

2016-10-19 Thread Nicolas Pitre
Many embedded systems don't need the full POSIX timer support. Configuring them out provides a nice kernel image size reduction. When POSIX timers are configured out, the PTP clock subsystem should be left out as well. However a bunch of ethernet drivers currently *select* the later in their